Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 129 priced lines covering 1,193 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,110 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 89 head.

Mon Dec 18, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,110Last week 2,221Year ago 368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 0Year ago 19

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 521, Bulls 98)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 29)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, ranging 31.00 lower to 20.00 higher

Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, Staunton and Winchester

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	135.00	135.00
4	—	588	186.00–205.00	200.19
15	—	330	209.00–210.00	209.20
48	—	541	135.00–209.00	200.68
30	—	456	132.50–217.00	203.66
13	—	641	182.00–184.50	183.36
2	—	747	161.00	161.00
22	—	371	213.00–216.00	215.34
19	—	435	168.00–218.00	211.10
1	—	785	157.50	157.50
2	—	675	120.00–142.00	130.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	165.00–189.00	184.80
2	—	657	161.00	161.00
1	—	330	127.50	127.50
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
22	—	441	117.50–205.00	200.18
13	—	374	175.00–212.50	196.54
1	—	240	127.50	127.50
3	—	523	125.00–180.00	162.13
3	—	779	115.00–157.50	143.13
1	—	610	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	462	228.00	228.00
16	—	554	231.00	231.00
14	—	631	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	122.50	122.50
70	—	538	165.00–208.00	202.63
1	—	320	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,065	95.00	95.00
1	—	850	160.00	160.00
6	—	572	167.50–210.00	198.67
40	—	466	199.00–222.00	214.86
21	—	732	173.00–200.00	175.50
29	—	428	157.50–214.00	196.48
6	—	820	142.50–152.50	144.16
16	—	364	155.00–217.00	207.05
37	—	656	179.00–203.00	186.31
1	—	755	162.00	162.00
10	—	633	175.00–200.00	181.55
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	170.00–180.00	177.97
1	—	335	200.00	200.00
1	—	505	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	621	80.00–170.00	139.58
1	—	460	50.00	50.00
1	—	275	75.00	75.00
1	—	505	191.00	191.00
3	—	443	135.00–202.50	180.17
4	—	359	50.00–202.50	124.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	200.00	200.00
5	—	459	97.50–219.00	193.05
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
10	—	371	102.50–210.00	168.75
2	—	640	192.00	192.00
1	—	290	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	165.00	165.00
18	—	462	234.00–257.50	245.89
26	—	559	195.00–240.00	230.52
8	—	629	190.00–225.00	220.72
5	—	427	231.00–262.50	256.60
21	—	728	185.00–207.00	201.87
7	—	777	200.00	200.00
3	—	373	249.00–272.50	261.92
16	—	544	200.00–238.00	231.13
15	—	663	203.00–217.50	213.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	437	207.50–255.00	243.96
1	—	820	142.50	142.50
3	—	627	162.50–200.00	174.96
11	—	375	210.00–270.00	254.68
3	—	556	228.00	228.00
6	—	668	165.00–201.00	183.71
1	—	850	132.50	132.50
5	—	468	201.00–252.50	241.94
16	—	545	236.00	236.00
9	—	764	147.50–190.00	174.67
1	—	715	192.00	192.00
2	—	310	150.00–180.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	250.00	250.00
3	—	555	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	649	241.00	241.00
17	—	551	260.00	260.00
16	—	445	270.00	270.00
11	—	661	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	634	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	729	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	658	157.50–167.50	165.48
2	—	850	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	145.00	145.00
5	—	376	239.00–262.00	257.23
2	—	618	177.50–190.00	183.93
1	—	950	130.00	130.00
22	—	482	226.50–247.50	234.06
3	—	523	177.50–219.00	200.29
22	—	421	167.50–262.50	239.03
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
18	—	560	205.00–219.00	208.11
20	—	339	238.00–267.50	249.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	382	122.50–207.50	191.78
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
4	—	538	197.50	197.50
1	—	220	147.50	147.50
3	—	470	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	100.00–243.00	172.75
2	—	703	60.00–100.00	80.07
1	—	495	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	557	150.00–228.00	210.06
8	—	628	150.00–199.00	183.12
3	—	743	142.50–145.00	143.33
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
1	—	675	155.00	155.00
2	—	775	172.50–190.00	181.48
32	—	478	195.00–257.50	228.35
10	—	343	238.00–281.00	248.52
39	—	416	187.50–240.00	230.86
4	—	374	157.50–275.00	246.69
7	—	531	185.00–205.00	196.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,580	167.00–178.00	173.53
Steers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	110.00	110.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,611	167.00–181.00	175.40
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,627	171.00–175.00	173.80
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	170.00–174.50	171.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,395	165.00–180.00	171.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	170.00–176.00	173.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Virginia barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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